{
  "title": "Does time management improve performance, or well-being?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/la-gestion-du-temps-ameliore-t-elle-la-performance-ou-le-bien-etre-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-08-26",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A recent meta-analysis finds time management more strongly linked to well-being than to job performance.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Geneva",
    "region": "Genève",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "The reference synthesis",
      "point": "Brad Aeon, Aïda Faber and Alexandra Panaccio (2021, PLOS ONE) pool over 150 studies: time management is moderately related to job performance and more strongly to well-being and life satisfaction.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Data limits",
      "point": "Most studies use self-reports measured at one time; causality remains uncertain.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What this implies",
      "point": "Framing time management purely as productivity may underestimate its main benefit: a sense of control over one's work."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limit of common practice",
      "point": "Judging training solely by tasks completed while ignoring felt workload.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Geneva",
      "point": "Before and six weeks after a prioritisation effort, measure priority tasks completed and sense of control on a simple scale."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Panaccio",
      "year": "2021",
      "source": "PLOS ONE"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 138,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-08-26-en.jpg?v=4",
  "translations": {
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    "en": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/la-gestion-du-temps-ameliore-t-elle-la-performance-ou-le-bien-etre-en",
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    "it": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/la-gestion-du-temps-ameliore-t-elle-la-performance-ou-le-bien-etre-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/gestion-du-temps/geneve",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/geneve",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}